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Re-Forming the Boundaries: A Trans-Cultural Comparison of Positive Experiences among Adolescent Males and Females.
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Magen, Zipora – Adolescence, 1983
Presents a cross-cultural study of positive experiences among males and females from Israeli-Arab, Israeli-Jewish, and American samples (N=1094), which revealed that differences between the sexes were in the same direction across the three cultures. The one exception is the life aspiration of Israeli boys, markedly more self-transcending than…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anglo Americans, Arabs, Aspiration
"Ethno-Lematics": Evoking 'Shy' Spanish-American Pupils by Cross-Cultural Mediation
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Burger, Henry G. – Adolescence, 1972
Clash of cultures produces the defeatism erroneously called shyness in the Spanish-speaking child. (Author/ML)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict
Adolescents' Perceptions of Their Parents' Academic Expectations: Comparison of American, Chinese-American, and Chinese High School Students.
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Chen, Huabin; Lan, William – Adolescence, 1998
Examines differences in willingness to conform to parents' expectations of academic achievement as perceived by American, Chinese-American, and Chinese high school students. Chinese students were more willing to accept their parents' advice and cared more about fulfilling academic expectations than did American students. Chinese-American students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Anglo Americans, Chinese
Mexican-American Adolescent Self-Disclosure in Friendship Formation.
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Serrano, Rodolfo G. – Adolescence, 1984
Examined the influence of gender and ethnicity on self-disclosure in friendship formation in Mexican-American and Anglo-American high school students (N=48). Results indicated sex and ethnicity could not be parceled out statistically, but suggested Anglo-American and Mexican-American males disclosed to their mothers while Anglo-American females…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anglo Americans, Ethnicity, Friendship
Clothing Deprivation Feelings of Three Adolescent Ethnic Groups.
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Kness, Darlene – Adolescence, 1983
Investigated clothing deprivation/satisfaction feelings of 301 Afro-, Anglo-, and Mexican-American adolescents and reported the development of a clothing satisfaction instrument. Clothing satisfaction was associated with social security and number of dresses for Anglo-Americans, with socioeconomic status and number of shoes for Mexican-Americans.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anglo Americans, Blacks, Clothing
Sexual Knowledge, Sexual Interests, and Sources of Sexual Information of Rural and Urban Adolescents from Three Cultures.
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Davis, Sally M.; Harris, Mary B. – Adolescence, 1982
Conducted a survey of 288 adolescents to see how their sources of sexual information, sexual interests, and actual knowledge were related to their sex, age, urban or rural residence, and ethnicity. Findings suggest that demographic characteristics of students should be considered by persons interested in adolescent sexual knowledge. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, American Indians, Anglo Americans
Some Influences upon the Occupational Aspirations of Three White-Collar Ethnic Groups.
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Fields, A. Barrett – Adolescence, 1981
Examined the influence of ethnic status, parent values, and parent perceptions and aspirations regarding their children's chances for future occupational opportunity. Specific attention was paid to the influence which Black and Mexican American mothers' perceptions have on children's aspirations. A causal model is analyzed. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Children, Ethnic Groups